LMC's Blog

After what seemed like a long wait, my RE has provided me with a overview of my new protocol concotion for our 3rd IVF cycle. After our conversation I was excited! When our FET turned into yet another BFN, I dreaded doing another fresh cycle. I think my head is in a good place again and ready to tackle another cycle. DH and I both feel eager to tr...

Yesterday I came home to find the box I had been waiting for; all the supplements I'm planning to take for the next 3 months (at least) and DH's too. I consulted with a Naturopath and ordered all $700 worth of supplements recommended. So right now I'm popping 9 pills a day, DH (bless his heart) is taking 13 a day! I've learned...

This IVF journey has been one crazy roller coaster ride so far! After 2 fresh cycles ending in a BFN, and a recent FET ending in a BFN, what now?!?!Well today we had our follow up with our RE. He is confident he can get us pregnant and, I have to say that, I love his enthusiasm! I was always told to try something at least 3 times before...

Our first IVF we jumped right on the roller coaster ride. I honestly didn't think we would get a BFP the first time. I've never won anything in my life, so I just didn't think we win the IVF lottery. When we got the news it was a BFN, it really sucked BUT we knew we could try again.Since we had no frozen embryos, we saved up for another f...

Today I had my telephone follow up with my RE. I was so convinced that we would leave our frozen blast for another day and go ahead with a fresh cycle. Funny how an RE can change your mind. My RE addressed my worries, answered my questions, and assured me that I'm still young and have some good egg producing years ahead of me. He also said that...

This is my first personal blog entry. I hope that putting my thoughts and feelings into words will help me look ahead.It's another BFN! I just don't understand! Everything went so well this cycle; the meds didn't phase me, ER wasn't painful at all this time, 6 eggs were retrieved and ALL 6 fertilized, we transfered 2 very good lo...

In BC you can access you lab results online by creating a ehealth account as long as you have had lab work done within 10 days. I go for my BETA next week and rather than wait for the lab to contact the clinic and the clinic to contact us; we can check online. I thought I would share in case any other BC residence are interested The link and some in...

3-Day Transfer & Embryo Development

Days Past Transfer(DPT) & Embryo Development3-Day Transfer1dpt - embryo continues to grow and develop, turning from a 6-8 cell embryo into a morula2dpt - cells of the morula continue to divide, developing into a blastocyst3dpt - blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell 4dpt - blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus5dpt - The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation 6dpt - Implantation continues7dpt - Implantation complete & cells that will eventually become the placenta & fetus has begun to develop 8dpt - Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) starts to enter the blood stream 9dpt - Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted 10dpt - Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted 11dpt - Levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy

5-Day Transfer1dpt - The blastocyst begins to hatch out of its shell2dpt - The blastocyst continues to hatch out of its shell and begins to attach itself to the uterus3dpt - The blastocyst attaches deeper into the uterine lining, beginning implantation4dpt - Implantation continues5 dpt - Implantation is complete, cells that will eventually become the placenta and fetus have begun to develop6dpt - hCG starts to enter the blood stream7 & 8dpt - Fetal development continues and hCG continues to be secreted9dpt - Levels of hCG are now high enough to detect a pregnancy